have a seat

Example Sentences

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I mean, I’m in my 50s, and when I was 15 years old, the mentors and people older than me would say, ‘If you don’t have a seat at the table, bring your own chair.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Today’s AI executives are fighting to make sure that their company will have a seat at the table.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Altman said the government was willing to give OpenAI influence over how its technology was deployed, and that he wanted his company to have a seat at the table in shaping future decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

"For the first time ever, men will have their acting awarded as well," Hahn says, before McCarthy says "it is about time" and celebrating that men will finally have a "seat at the table".

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

They told me to have a seat while my parents stood by the door, glaring down at me.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers